Hose-supporter clasp.



No. 821,949. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

' H. MILES.

HOSE SUPPORTER CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRIET MILES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NEALON COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HOSE-SUPPORTEH CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRIET h/IILES, of the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, State of New York, (whose post-office address is in care of Nealon Company, Safe Deposit Company of New York, 140 Broadway, New York,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose- Supporter Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates primarily to womens and childrens garters, though it is not limited to such use.

The object of the invention is to combine cheapness and simplicity of manufacture with increased ease and simplicity of use.

In the accompanying drawin s, Figure 1 illustrates one form of clasp embodying the present invention and opened ready to receive the fabric to be clasped. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear view showing one of the securing ears or lugs open and the other clamped down in place to hold the back plate, and it also shows the webbing broken away to show the shape of the back plate. Fig. 4 shows the complete metallic blank for the loop portion of the clasp before the back plate is secured.

In the drawings, W is the web to which the fastener is secured. g

C is the metal loop; G, the back plate; F, the button; H, the slot or hole through which the webbing is passed and then sewed, and 0 represents ears or lugs, which are bent over and into recesses G in the back plate. G to secure it flat against the upper end of the loop 0. Theback late G is preferably faced on its rear G with fabric, as this is more comfortable than the rubber against the flesh. For the same reason it will be seen the clasp embodies virtually no metallic parts that can come in contact with the flesh of the wearer, exce t as the slight ossible contactbetween the ent-over ears and the flesh; but this ractically amounts to nothing, as the Web Fwhere it is passed through the slot or eye H by reason of its rearward projection prevents nearly or entirely all contact between the ears O and the flesh.- Preferably the back plate G covers the entire rear face of the loop 0 and is secured directly against it, the webbing passing through holes H in The extreme simp icity of the fastener and the absence of the usual means of securing the back plate to the fabric separately from the 100 and the fact that in my unprovement t e two parts are secured directly together and normally in close parallelism, face to face, will be clearly apparent from the figures without further description.

The details of the rubber button, whether it contains metal reinforcing'parts or a rivet or the improved head set forth in my accomanying application of even date herewlth,

erial No. 234,908, are not of the essence of this present invention and are not clalmed herein, it being sufficient that the button and back plate form one of two single units that compose the complete fastener under the present invention and that such un t is formed of rubber or other flexible material.

As shown, the back plate G is transversely corrugated. This forms no part of the present invention and is obviously non-essential to the operation of the device.

What I claim, and desire to secure as my invention, is the following:

1. A garment-supporter clasp comprising a rigid loop, an integral button and flexible back plate, means engaging the upper end of said back plate for securing said back plate rigidly to said loop, said loop and sald flexlble back plate belng each prov ded with an opening for receiving a supporting-web.

2. A garment-supporter clasp com ris ng a rigid loop, an integral button and ex ble back plate, means integral with said loop engaging the up er end of sa d back plate for securing said ack plate rigidly to said loop, said loop and said flexible back plate be ng each provided with an opening for recelvmg a supporting-web. I

3. garment-supporter clasp comprising a rigid 100 having a web-engaging slot at its upper en an integral button and flexible back plate, and means integral with said loop and independent of said slot engaging the upper end of said back plate for securing said ack plate rigidly to said loo 4. A garment-supporter clasp) comprising an integral button and flexible ack plate, a 5 metal loop formed with lugs at its upper end engaging with the back plate for rigidly'retaining the latter in operative position, said loop and said flexible back plate being each provided with an opening for receiving a sup- 1o porting-web.

5. A garment-supporter clasp comprising an integral button and flexible back plate provided with apertures, a metal loop formed 1 with lugs at its upper end engaging into said 15 apertures in the back plate for retaining it in operative position, said loop and said flexi- I ble back plate being each provided with an opening for receiving a supporting-Web.

6. A garment-supporter clasp comprising an integral button and flexible back plate, and a metal loop formed Wth lugs at its upper end engaging with the back plate for retaining the latter in operative position and with a slot for slidingly engaging a supporting-web. I v

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRIET MILES.

Witnesses:

E. VAN ZANDT, E. LU GAY. 

